Eddie Murphy returns to Beverly Hills. We're back with the components we loved in the first franchise: the cultural contrasts, the duo of Judge Reinholds and John Ashton. But also the villains we love to hate, Jürgen Prochnow, Brigitte Nielsen and Dean Stockwell in the roles of the villains: superb casting.
The film is co-written by Eddie Murphy. So he put a lot of himself into it. The same recipe with the same ingredients produces the same result, minus the effect of discovery and surprise. A film that aims to be cool, with no real dramatic stakes, but that's easy to follow. This second franchise works, even if the effect of discovery is gone. Perhaps it just lacks the sparkle and exhilaration of the first.
The film is co-written by Eddie Murphy. So he put a lot of himself into it. The same recipe with the same ingredients produces the same result, minus the effect of discovery and surprise. A film that aims to be cool, with no real dramatic stakes, but that's easy to follow. This second franchise works, even if the effect of discovery is gone. Perhaps it just lacks the sparkle and exhilaration of the first.